St. Jean Pied-de-Port, France Travel Blogs

First Day on El Camino
Jun 6, 2004

... , a huge dorm in which peregrinos stay for free. We met 3 other men who wanted to cross over into France to begin the walk from St. Jean Pied de Port. We shared a taxi there(6E each), a fun winding ride up and over and through the mountains. The ...

Enter the Pyrenees
Oct 18, 2006

... saw our first compostela waymarker and now, sitting in front of the screen of a computer a the pilgrims refuge in the last refuge in france. so, we're happy, and sad, and overjoyed, and a little tired, but not as tired as wer after our first day since ...

First Day Continued
Jun 6, 2004

We walked on up the mountain leaving behind the couple, a man from Germany and four men from who had walked from Baveria that I'd later room with. The goal for the day was to cross the mountains and reach Roncesvalle, maybe 35K. I was feeling that I might ...

El Camino de Santiago
Aug 26, 2008 (2 photos)

... have walked this route for almost a thousand years. The place reeks of history. The traditional starting point for many pilgrims, St. Jean - or Donibane Garazi in Basque - has conserved its medieval atmosphere. It is surveyed by a monastery on a hill ...

Underveis til Santiago del Compostella - 1.etappe
Mar 25, 2008 (8 photos)

... fjellet. Foruten oss - 2 portugisere, 2 franskmenn, 2 tyskere hver for seg og 2 irer (skikkelige bohemer) 1.etappe fra St. Jean Pied de Port var 27 km og mye hardere en ventet. 25 km i motebakke som ble brattere ettetrhvert som vi narmet oss toppen ...

Mark, set, get ready....
Sep 15, 2008 (5 photos)

ok...  we are here and have been for a few hours.  i have my bed in a dormitory like room with 10 other people- its mixed.  Im sitting here in the cafe next to an american girl from, michigan, named chelsea.  suffice to say a lot ...

Arrival in St Jean Pied de Port
Apr 7, 2009

... behind while he walked. The train trip was through wonderful countryside and arrival to St Jean ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Jean_Pied_de_Port ) was at about 7:30pm just in time to walk up the hill to the hostel. My pack of 8kgs seemed as ...

Starting the Camino
Jun 5, 2006 (2 photos)

The first day out on the walk, all fresh and no idea of what was ahead check out this site for a look at what its all about

Fremme ved starten......snart underveis
Mar 23, 2008 (2 photos)

... mer og legge ut bilder etterhvert - har pproblemer med aa overfore bildene forelopig, men jobber med saken. Her i St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port starter den Franske caminoen til Santiago del Compostella. Ca 770 km igjen til Santiago. Her kan du se ...

Alas, St. Jean Pied de Port
Aug 23, 2006 (10 photos)

Por fin! I have made it safely to the departure city for many peregrinos (pilgrims) on the Camino Frances. The town is just like I had imagined it, only bigger. Cobblestone streets line the old city which is towered over by an enormous Citidel. ...

Bayonne to St Jean Pied de Port
Sep 12, 2006

Mountain train from Bayonne to St Jean Pied de Port.  Spent day in SJPP preparing for starting the Camino the next day, which involved sending loads of stuff home - had brought way too much unecessary crap with me!  Camino lesson number one!